He reckons Truss will be booted out of the Cabinet come June in a reshuffle expected to take place shortly after Prime Minister Theresa May’s forecasted general election victory. Writing for the Law Society Gazette, he said Truss is “surely” in the firing line.

Though Rozenberg thinks she’s a “likeable, approachable politician” with “clear ideas”, Truss’s short time in the government post has been undeniably marred by controversy.

Truss has insisted it’s not her job to tell the free press what they should write. On this Rozenberg agreed with Truss, but added that it is her job to stand up for the judiciary, writing:

[W]hat she was being asked to do was to defend the independence of the judiciary, as she had sworn to do on her appointment. A more honest answer would have been to admit she had been poorly advised.

More recently Truss was lambasted by the Lord Chief Justice, the head of the judiciary. He took issue with (among other things) her understanding of new rules surrounding pre-recorded evidence in rape cases and her handling of the ‘ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE’ hoo-ha. On the latter, he went as far as to describe her as “completely and utterly wrong in the view she takes.”

A ‘judiciary vs government’ clash like this doesn’t happen very often. Rozenberg — who writes regularly for Legal Cheek — knows this, and concludes his latest opinion piece by saying:

It is hard to see how Truss can survive measured and devastating criticism like this from the most senior judge in England and Wales.

If May “is attuned to the views of those with whom the Lord Chancellor must maintain a close working relationship”, Rozenberg said, Truss as Justice Secretary will be no more come mid-June.

Rumours about Truss being ousted from her Cabinet post have been swirling for some weeks now; Rozenberg’s support certainly gives them more gravitas. This may well be music to our readers’ ears. A whopping 88% of our Twitter followers think Truss is “a rubbish Lord Chancellor” who deserves to be given the boot.

24 Comments

Anonymous

Anonymous

Would you really expect a ground breaking prediction from Legal Cheek?

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Barry

Apr 24 2017 12:01pm

Did you read the article? It wasn’t LC’s prediction…

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 12:12pm

A lump of cheese could do a better job…

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Lump of Cheese

Apr 24 2017 1:13pm

Are you suggesting that a lump of cheese is expected to do a bad job? That’s cheesist!

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 5:35pm

No it isn’t. It’s sentientism x

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 2:09pm

We export 100% of our Lord Chancellors. That is a disgrace.

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 3:20pm

But back in the real world, what a bunch of sheltered lawyers think really has no bearing on how politics operates.

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Liz

Apr 24 2017 4:15pm

Thanks Dad! =D

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Air Hair Lair

Apr 25 2017 12:22am

But they can comment , can’t they?
They’ve given this woman the title of Lord Chief Justice, and she’s fallen at the first fence.

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Liz

Apr 25 2017 9:07am

Thanks Mum! =D

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 4:31pm

Since when have we cared about Joshua Rozenberg thinks?

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Anonymous

Apr 25 2017 12:53am

You cared enough to comment about it.

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Anonymous

Apr 26 2017 10:30am

Hes got a big sausage.

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Anonymous

Apr 24 2017 4:32pm

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Richard Keyes

Apr 24 2017 5:29pm

I would.

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Proelia

Apr 24 2017 5:51pm

That’s no benchmark of quality coming from you Keys, you oversexed hobbit.

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Jones Day Partner

Apr 24 2017 7:17pm

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Air Hair Lair

Apr 25 2017 12:35am

What the hell is going on here? Shouldn’t there be rules that you have to be
over 14 or something before you post on here?

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Andy Gray

Apr 24 2017 8:01pm

Backdoor ….

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Air Hair Lair

Apr 25 2017 12:32am

Well said!
I’m no lawyer, but I can tell a Breitbart journo when I see their comments on this forum.
These threads are full of trolls seeking out the Liberal views of intelligent professionals, just like the business forums where you can’t have an anti -Brexit or anti Tory view, even Mumsnet has been infiltrated!

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Ciaran Goggins

Apr 25 2017 3:43pm

Truss is mired in corruption over her Norfolk Police links.

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Flog dead horse

Apr 25 2017 5:25pm

Cheesus Christ

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Anonymous

Apr 25 2017 6:39pm

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